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Wed Mar 31, 2021, 10:05 PM

Star Member Ziggysmom (2,639 posts)

Walmart really sucks! Went to my Covid vaccine appointment today.

Last edited Wed Mar 31, 2021, 11:29 PM - Edit history (1)

Had their confirmation email for the appointment I made a week ago, it even specified it would be for Pfizer vaccine. Took time off work for a 2:00 appointment slot, checked in at the pharmacy and then they told me there was a scheduling error and no vaccine was available! There were several other folks waiting to check in after me, too.
The pharmacist told me he could schedule me for the following Wednesday for the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
They had my name, address, phone number, email and even insurance information.
Why the hell couldn’t they call and tell me there was no vaccine that day??
They wanted people to come in anyway hoping we’d buy some crap in their shitty ass store!

I had not been to Walmart in years, gave them a chance and they failed again. NEVER AGAIN!

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Reply Walmart really sucks! Went to my Covid vaccine appointment today. (Original post)
 Ziggysmom Mar 2021 OP
LineReply WTH???
 SheltieLover Mar 2021 #1
LineReply UGH
 CountAllVotes Mar 2021 #2
LineReply I'm sorry that happened to you. Check Walgreens, CVS, RiteAid. They're all giving vaccines. They
 onecaliberal Mar 2021 #3
LineLineReply I heard Safeway was doing vaccines
 CountAllVotes Mar 2021 #6
LineLineLineReply That's great. Give it a whirl.
 onecaliberal Mar 2021 #10
LineLineLineLineReply I think I have an appt. for the 2nd shot already
 CountAllVotes Apr 2021 #22
LineLineLineLineLineNew Reply Yay!!
 onecaliberal Apr 2021 #26
LineLineLineReply I get my second one there tomorrow!
 MLAA Mar 2021 #14
LineLineLineReply safeway. albertsons
 MFM008 Mar 2021 #15
LineReply Stay away from big chain stores.
 multigraincracker Mar 2021 #4
LineReply Thanks for the heads up!
 chillfactor Mar 2021 #5
LineReply anticipated J&J might not be available..
 Grasswire2 Mar 2021 #7
LineLineReply Pfizer also had millions of doses ruined at a vaccine maker that is
 Blue_true Mar 2021 #18
LineLineLineNew Reply That's JNJ, not Pfizer.
 mobeau69 Apr 2021 #23
LineLineLineLineNew Reply I read an early story, I believe it said Pfizer and listed 15 million doses
 Blue_true Apr 2021 #25
LineLineLineLineLineNew Reply J&J, not Pfizer.
 LisaL Apr 2021 #29
LineLineLineLineLineLineNew Reply Yes, I pointed out my error in the post that you read. nt
 Blue_true Apr 2021 #30
LineReply I hate Walmart, but this might not be totally their fault.
 Liberty Belle Mar 2021 #8
LineReply Honestly, my county seems to do a better job than the private locations
 ecstatic Mar 2021 #9
LineLineReply The scale of what is being done has never been done in human history.
 Blue_true Mar 2021 #19
LineReply I got mine a Walmart March 22, Moderna, no problem at all, hardly felt it, it was great.
 rickyhall Mar 2021 #11
LineLineReply Same here. Both shots were a piece of cake.
 Patterson Mar 2021 #16
LineLineReply So did I, March 22 Moderna.
 Elwood P Dowd Apr 2021 #21
LineReply I think it
 obnoxiousdrunk Mar 2021 #12
LineLineNew Reply Correct.
 mobeau69 Apr 2021 #24
LineReply i set up my brothers first vaccine
 MFM008 Mar 2021 #13
LineReply Try Walgreens if you can. It was quick and professional for us.
 Baked Potato Mar 2021 #17
LineLineReply The CVS location that I got the first shot at was slower, due to having only
 Blue_true Mar 2021 #20
LineNew Reply lighten up! There are a lot of moving parts. nt
 USALiberal Apr 2021 #27
LineNew Reply too bad.
 Demovictory9 Apr 2021 #28
LineNew Reply I got Pfizered in Miami a few days ago. Everywhere I went
 secondwind May 2021 #31
LineNew Reply This message was self-deleted by its author
 secondwind May 2021 #32

Response to Ziggysmom (Original post)

Wed Mar 31, 2021, 10:07 PM

Star Member SheltieLover (57,073 posts)

1. WTH???



So sorry to hear.

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Wed Mar 31, 2021, 10:14 PM

Star Member CountAllVotes (20,494 posts)

2. UGH

How disgusting and greedy!

I hate hate hate Walmart!

I hope you can get vaccinated soon!!!!!



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Wed Mar 31, 2021, 10:14 PM

Star Member onecaliberal (29,355 posts)

3. I'm sorry that happened to you. Check Walgreens, CVS, RiteAid. They're all giving vaccines. They

Are free if you don’t have insurance.

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Response to onecaliberal (Reply #3)

Wed Mar 31, 2021, 10:20 PM

Star Member CountAllVotes (20,494 posts)

6. I heard Safeway was doing vaccines

I suppose this is the case as I saw it on the local news the other day.



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Wed Mar 31, 2021, 10:39 PM

Star Member onecaliberal (29,355 posts)

10. That's great. Give it a whirl.

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Thu Apr 1, 2021, 12:12 AM

Star Member CountAllVotes (20,494 posts)

22. I think I have an appt. for the 2nd shot already

Same place the first place was at -- a drive-up!

Did not even have to get out of the car.

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Thu Apr 1, 2021, 07:55 PM

Star Member onecaliberal (29,355 posts)

26. Yay!!

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Wed Mar 31, 2021, 11:01 PM

Star Member MLAA (14,199 posts)

14. I get my second one there tomorrow!

They have a very small pharmacy. Got my first one there as well.

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Wed Mar 31, 2021, 11:01 PM

MFM008 (19,698 posts)

15. safeway. albertsons

fred meyer - walgreen, rite aid and SVC(scv) are all giving them out in Lakewood Wa area
even dentists office and my private doctor are doing it now...

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Wed Mar 31, 2021, 10:15 PM

Star Member multigraincracker (29,863 posts)

4. Stay away from big chain stores.

I get great service from my local independent pharmacy. They seem to have been left out on these shots.

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Wed Mar 31, 2021, 10:15 PM

Star Member chillfactor (7,157 posts)

5. Thanks for the heads up!

i have an appt at Walmart on the 12th. I will call to make sure they have the vaccine before I leave the house.

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Wed Mar 31, 2021, 10:30 PM

Star Member Grasswire2 (12,922 posts)

7. anticipated J&J might not be available..

...due to a processing error that ruined millions of doses, we hear today.

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Wed Mar 31, 2021, 11:40 PM

Blue_true (31,261 posts)

18. Pfizer also had millions of doses ruined at a vaccine maker that is

contracting to do the Pfizer vaccine. It was a contamination issue (the reactors apparently had small remnants of the contractor’s own vaccine in them when the Pfizer vaccine processing was started).

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Thu Apr 1, 2021, 12:21 AM

mobeau69 (9,982 posts)

23. That's JNJ, not Pfizer.

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Thu Apr 1, 2021, 07:49 PM

Blue_true (31,261 posts)

25. I read an early story, I believe it said Pfizer and listed 15 million doses

as being affected. I could have mis-read, but I am fairly sure that I did not. But you are right, later articles clearly said J&J, including one that I read late last night that did not give a number for the amount of bad doses.

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Thu Apr 1, 2021, 08:33 PM

LisaL (44,679 posts)

29. J&J, not Pfizer.

Pfizer is fine.

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Thu Apr 1, 2021, 09:01 PM

Blue_true (31,261 posts)

30. Yes, I pointed out my error in the post that you read. nt

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Wed Mar 31, 2021, 10:34 PM

Liberty Belle (9,357 posts)

8. I hate Walmart, but this might not be totally their fault.

In our area a lot of places had to reschedule vaccine appointments due to lack of supply a few times, though they should at least have notified you before you showed up.

Of course if an expected shipment simply didn't arrive and they lacked notice, there may not have been anything they could do.

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Wed Mar 31, 2021, 10:36 PM

Star Member ecstatic (30,828 posts)

9. Honestly, my county seems to do a better job than the private locations

with regard to covid-testing and, I assume, vaccine appointments as well. I got tested at CVS today, it was very disorganized and a long wait.

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Wed Mar 31, 2021, 11:47 PM

Blue_true (31,261 posts)

19. The scale of what is being done has never been done in human history.

What is being done now is the equivalent of fighting and winning WWII in three months. Getting 330 million people vaccinated in a few months is not easy, even with a competent President and team in place.

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Wed Mar 31, 2021, 10:56 PM

rickyhall (4,889 posts)

11. I got mine a Walmart March 22, Moderna, no problem at all, hardly felt it, it was great.

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Wed Mar 31, 2021, 11:06 PM

Patterson (1,468 posts)

16. Same here. Both shots were a piece of cake.

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Thu Apr 1, 2021, 12:08 AM

Star Member Elwood P Dowd (11,415 posts)

21. So did I, March 22 Moderna.

No issues. First time I've set foot in Walmart in almost a year.

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Wed Mar 31, 2021, 10:57 PM

Star Member obnoxiousdrunk (2,767 posts)

12. I think it

is a J&J error. They had some kind of processing error.

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Thu Apr 1, 2021, 12:22 AM

mobeau69 (9,982 posts)

24. Correct.

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Wed Mar 31, 2021, 10:59 PM

MFM008 (19,698 posts)

13. i set up my brothers first vaccine

at Safeway, he thought there would be a huge line....there was one other person, an older Asian-American
lady who told him she was afraid of it...he put her mind at rest.
They were in and out......
then he got hammered by side effects for 2 days .
To be fair he hadn't had a shot since he was 8 years old.......
he will get his second one...

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Wed Mar 31, 2021, 11:12 PM

Star Member Baked Potato (7,470 posts)

17. Try Walgreens if you can. It was quick and professional for us.

We had to establish an account with them. It’s just your email and a password. Must do a separate account for each family member. You get a time and confirmation number.

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Wed Mar 31, 2021, 11:54 PM

Blue_true (31,261 posts)

20. The CVS location that I got the first shot at was slower, due to having only

one person giving the shot and prepping vaccine for use. But their system overall was very smooth, a person to check you in, one to enter you in the queue, one to give the shot (could have used another, even two other people for this task), a person to check you out and another to monitor you for 15 minutes. If it wasn’t for the slowness of getting the actual shot, I would give it an A+, instead they didn’t have the right level of emphasis on the most critical step, so I give the company a B.

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Thu Apr 1, 2021, 08:02 PM

Star Member USALiberal (10,839 posts)

27. lighten up! There are a lot of moving parts. nt

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Thu Apr 1, 2021, 08:03 PM

Star Member Demovictory9 (29,875 posts)

28. too bad.

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Fri May 28, 2021, 02:52 PM

Star Member secondwind (16,899 posts)

31. I got Pfizered in Miami a few days ago. Everywhere I went

there were signs up, at Walgreen’s, etc. to get shots. I went straight from the airport to a Walgreen’s. Hope it’s that easy again on June 10th.

What I’m saying is try your local drug stores, no appointment necessary. Good luck!!!👍🍀

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